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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister said he would do all in his power. I will give him an idea of what should happen. I have been meeting with the Central Bank for some months to discuss the matter. I have met with the banking industry more recently on the matter. The Minister should call in people from the mica group who are on its subcommittee which deals with finance and insurance. They have become experts...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I met representatives of the BPFI and I put that directly to them. In fairness they did not hesitate in saying that they would organise that structural engagement with its members which is to be welcomed. However, there is also a role for the State here. Why are these families in this situation? It is because the Government scheme does not provide 100% redress. It is because people are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Interest Rates (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Not only the Minister but his party leader, the Tánaiste, called for mortgage interest relief rates to be increased when he was on this side of the House but, again conveniently, he forgot all about that when he got back into power. The Minister made the point that budget time is the appropriate time to examine this, but there have been changes at other times and the Finance Bill passed...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Interest Rates (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce temporary and targeted mortgage interest relief for mortgage holders impacted by rising interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21747/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Interest Rates (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael McGrath, knows, since July, the European Central Bank, ECB, has increased its key interest rates seven times, with at least one further increase being expected in the time ahead. These interest rate hikes are putting real pressure on households that have mortgages. It has resulted in a significant shock for hundreds of thousands of borrowers....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Interest Rates (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister spoke about scarce resources, but people will be mindful that the budget’s surplus is predicted to be €10 billion this year. While the Minister is speaking about October as a time to take decisions, a letter is about to land next week on the floors of hundreds of thousands of individuals to tell them that their mortgage costs have risen again. The Central...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he and is Department are considering to promote switching for performing loans held by retail credit firms and credit servicing firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21539/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently published Private Motor Mid-Year Report of the National Claims Information Database; if he will consider measures to ensure that recent reforms in the insurance market are passed on to consumers in the form of reduced insurance prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21541/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that credit unions are no longer issuing debit cards to customers who reside in the North on the grounds that they are no longer residents of the European Economic Area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21540/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue on time for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21689/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of delayed arrival times for the Bus Éireann Expressway Route 30 X30 Donegal to Dublin service for the months January 2023, February 2023, March 2023 and April 2023; the reason for any such delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21763/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of delayed arrival times for the Bus Éireann Expressway 30 X30 Dublin to Donegal service for the months January 2023, February 2023, March 2023 and April 2023; the reason for any such delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he is aware that the increase from 12 to 16 in the number of students that Mná Tí can house has resulted in households being unable to access insurance cover; if so, the action that has been taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21128/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance payment will be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21060/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if respite services can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21080/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: There are winners and losers in the cost-of-living crisis. The winners are clearly the big corporations. As has been mentioned, the European Central Bank,, ECB, made it clear that corporate profiteering or "greedflation" has been a key driver of inflation. We see profits soaring: ESB, up; Energia, up; and Bord Gáis, up. We learned today of Shell, the biggest oil and gas operator in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Do what Germany does.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It does not apply in 2022.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Not for 2022.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Hundreds of thousands of families will hear in the next hour or so that their mortgages are going up. They have just listened to the Tánaiste and have heard nothing on direct supports from him. His backbenchers will brief the media that the Government is considering this and so on but the leader of the party is still not saying that the Government is willing to intervene and provide...